Ash-can.



No. 634,55L. v Pa'tanted Oct. lo, I899.

.T; r. BURKE.

ASH CAN.

(Application filed Feb. 28, 1899.)

UNITED (STATES:

PATENT OFFICE;

THOMAS FRANCIS BURKE, OF PERTH AMBOY, NEW JERSEY;

ASH-CAN.

$PEGIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent N0. 634,551, dated. October 10, 1899.

Application filed February 28,1899. Serial No. 707,139. No model.) v

a citizen of the United States, residing at Perth Amboy, in the county of Middlesex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ash Cans, of which the following is a full and complete specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to ash-cans; and the object thereof is to provide improved means for rolling, turning, or otherwise movinga can of this class from point to point while holding the can in an inclined position without grasping the top of the can with the hands and moving the hands around said top.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawings form a part, in which the sepa-' rate parts of my-improvement are designated by the same numerals of reference in each of the views, and in which- Figure 1 is a central vertical section of an ash-can provided with myimprovement, and Fig. 2 a plan view thereof. Inthe practice of my invention I provide an ash-can 5 of the usual form and composed of any desired material, and said can is provided adjacent to the top thereof with two outwardly-directed flanges or rims 6, between which is loosely placed a ring 7, which is provided at the opposite sides with handles 8.

In the construction shown in the drawings the flanges or rims 6 are composed of angleiron and are bolted to a band 9, which is bolted or riveted to the can 5, as shown at 10; but

my invention is not limited to the means herein described for connecting the flanges or rims Gwith the can, the only object in this connection being to provide an annular trough or groove adapted to receive the ring 7.

In the construction shown in Fig. l the ring 7 is cylindrical in cross-section; but said ring itself may be of any desired shape in crosssection, and thehandles 8 may be formed in tegrally therewith or may be connected therewithin any desired manner.

In practice the handles 8 are grasped by the hands and the can is turned into an inclined position, and the said can is free to turn in the ring 7, and by holding the can in the same the top edge or rim with the hands'and'to incline the can, and then by moving the hands aroundthe top edge or rim to roll the can on the edge of the bottom thereof to the desired point. This is a difficult operation and frequently results in injuring the hands; but with my improvement by grasping the handles S and holding the same firmly and inclining the can and applyingsufficient force in the direction in which it is desired to move the can the can may be freely rolled from point to point, it being understood that the handles 8 and ring 7 do not move, the can turning freely in said ring. My improvement is simple in construction and operation and perfectly adapted to accomplish the result for which it is intended, and it will be apparent that changes in and modifications of the construction described may be made without departing from the spirit of my invention or sacrificing its advantages.

Having fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. An ash-can provided with an annular groove or space near the top thereof, anda ring or band mounted loosely therein, and in which the can is adapted to turn, said ring or band being provided with handles at its opposite'sides, substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination with an ash-can provided with annular flanges or rims near the top thereof, which form an annular groove or space,of a ring or band mounted in said annular groove or space and in which the can is adapted to turn, said ring or band being provided at its opposite sides with handles, substantially as shown and described.

3. The combination with an ashcan,of arin g or band mounted thereon at or near the top thereof in which the can is adapted to turn,

andsaid ring or band being provided on its opposite sides with handles, substantially as I In testimony that I claim the foregoing as shown and described. my invention I have signed my name, in pres- 1o 4. An ash-can provided with a ring or band enee of the subscribing witnesses, this 25th loosely mounted thereon, at or near the top day of February, 1899.

thereof, and in which said can is free to turn, I THOMAS FRANCIS BURKE. said ring or band being provided at its op- \Vitnesses:

posite sides with handles, substantially as CLARKSON DUNHAM,

shown and described. JOHN F. RIELLEY. 

